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The California I knew, old rancho California, is gone. It just doesn't exist, except maybe in little pockets. I lived on the edge of the Mojave Desert, an area that used to be farm country. There were all these fresh-produce stands with avocados and date palms. You could get a dozen artichokes for a buck or something. Totally wiped out now.
Sam Shepard

Meaning of "Mojave Desert" in the English dictionary

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Mojave Desert is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MOJAVE DESERT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mojave Desert

Mojave Desert

The Mojave Desert is a desert that occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona in the United States. The term Mojave originates from the Spanish language while the spelling Mohave comes from modern English. Both are used today, although the Native American Tribe officially uses the spelling Mojave; the word is a shortened form of 'Hamakhaave', their endonym in their native language, which means 'beside the water'. The Mojave Desert displays typical basin and range topography. Higher elevations above 2,000 feet in the Mojave are commonly referred to as the High Desert; however, Death Valley is the lowest elevation in North America at 282 feet below sea level and is one of the Mojave Desert's more notorious places. The Mojave Desert's boundaries are generally defined by the presence of Yucca brevifolia, considered an indicator species for this desert. The topographical boundaries include the Tehachapi together with the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountain ranges.

Definition of Mojave Desert in the English dictionary

The definition of Mojave Desert in the dictionary is a desert in S California, south of the Sierra Nevada: part of the Great Basin. Area: 38 850 sq km.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOJAVE DESERT

Mojave
mojito
mojo
moke
Mokha
moki
mokihi
moko
mokomoko
mokopuna
mokoro
Mokpo

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOJAVE DESERT

Arabian Desert
Atacama Desert
Colorado Desert
desert
dessert
Gibson Desert
Gobi Desert
Great Indian Desert
Great Sandy Desert
Indian Desert
Libyan Desert
misdesert
Mohave Desert
Negev Desert
Painted Desert
sand desert
semi-desert
Simpson Desert
Thar Desert
undesert
Victoria Desert

Synonyms and antonyms of Mojave Desert in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Mojave Desert» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of Mojave Desert to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Mojave Desert from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Mojave Desert» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

莫哈韦沙漠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Mojave Desert
570 millions of speakers

English

Mojave Desert
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोजावे रेगिस्तान
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

صحراء موهافي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Пустыня Мохаве
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Deserto de Mojave
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মোজাভ মরুভূমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

désert de Mojave
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gurun Mojave
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mojave-Wüste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モハーベ砂漠
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모하비 사막
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gurun Mojave
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Sa mạc Mojave
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மோஜவே பாலைவன
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोजावे वाळवंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mojave Çölü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Deserto del Mojave
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Mojave Desert
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пустеля Мохаве
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mojave Desert
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Mojave Desert
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Mojave Desert
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Mojaveöknen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Mojave-ørkenen
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Mojave Desert

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2 QUOTES WITH «MOJAVE DESERT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Mojave Desert.
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Bill Burr
Everyone should just drive out to the Mojave Desert and just experience it, and it's a fun place to live.
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Sam Shepard
The California I knew, old rancho California, is gone. It just doesn't exist, except maybe in little pockets. I lived on the edge of the Mojave Desert, an area that used to be farm country. There were all these fresh-produce stands with avocados and date palms. You could get a dozen artichokes for a buck or something. Totally wiped out now.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOJAVE DESERT»

Discover the use of Mojave Desert in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Mojave Desert and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Mojave Desert: Ecosystem Processes and Sustainability
"This title presents new research on the Mojave Desert and the contributors discuss the desert from several perspectives including regional threats such as expanding human populations, climate change, atmospheric nitrogen deposition and ...
Robert H. Webb, 2009
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Mojave Desert
Few humans settle in the Mojave Desert but thousands pass through it.
Rose Houk, 2000
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Ecological Communities and Processes in a Mojave Desert ...
This book provides a broad overview of plant and animal ecology in the Mojave Desert, with a focus on data from Rock Valley, Nevada.
Philip W. Rundel, Arthur C. Gibson, 2005
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Mojave Desert
Mojave Desert is the first book of its kind, using rare and vintage postcards to provide a pictorial, historical grand tour of this American wonderland.
John Howard Weeks, 2012
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Flowers and Shrubs of the Mojave Desert
Field guide to over 120 common flowering plants of the Mojave.
Janice Emily Bowers, 1998
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Mojave Desert Wildflowers, 2nd: A Field Guide to ...
This guide features 300 of the common species, full-color photographs, detailed descriptions, information on flowering season, and interesting facts about each plant.
Pam MacKay, 2013
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Geologic Evolution of the Mojave Desert and Southwestern ...
CD-ROM contains: Electronic version of text -- Maps.
Allen F. Glazner, J. Douglas Walker, John M. Bartley, 2002
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California Prehistory: Colonization, Culture, and Complexity
For example, large-scale surveys and excavations at hundreds of sites at Fort Irwin in the central Mojave Desert have made it the most thoroughly investigated archaeological region of comparable size in western North America. Along with ...
Terry L. Jones, Kathryn Klar, Society for California Archaeology, 2007
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Mojave
Evokes the land and animals of the Mohave Desert in poetic text and illustrations.
Diane Siebert, 1992
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Introduction to the Geology of Southern California and Its ...
The floristic Desert Province, and the Mojave and Sonoran desert regions in southern California are not coincident with the borders of the Mojave Desert physiographic, geo- morphic, or geologic province (unlike most of the floristic geographic ...
Clarence A. Hall, Jr., 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOJAVE DESERT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Mojave Desert is used in the context of the following news items.
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Column: Mojave Desert residents thought hail was meth
People in the Mojave Desert saw hail for the first time in their lives and went rushing outdoors holding their hats up. They thought it was raining ... «The Daily Courier, Jul 15»
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Some plants flower enthusiastically in hot weather
In the middle of a Mojave Desert summer, flowers are usually not so plentiful as they are in spring. Since blossoms are the means by which ... «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jul 15»
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ERNEST ISTOOK: EPA power grab is water torture for the economy
Even the hot and dry Mojave Desert gets 5 inches of rain each year — enough to bring the desert under the EPA's water decrees. «Washington Times, Jul 15»
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Mt. Soledad Cross Controversy Ends after 25 Years
CT also noted how the lengthy fight over a Mojave Desert cross memorial finally ended, and how 4,500 public crosses are not a church-state ... «ChristianityToday.com, Jul 15»
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Keen Footwear launches tour to save 3 million acres, including …
The areas are Mojave Desert, California; Owyhee Canyonlands, Oregon; Birthplace of Rivers, West Virginia; Boulder-White Clouds, Idaho, and ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
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Scolari's strong will leads to success in challenging Spartan Races
That's a little like equating a stroll across the Mojave Desert to an afternoon sipping a Pina Colada at the beach. Given Scolari's cavalier ... «Cody Enterprise, Jul 15»
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New Mexico Town Still Waiting for Space Tourism to Take Off
But a series of setbacks, including the loss of one of its test rockets and a pilot over the Mojave Desert last year, have now pushed the first ... «Government Technology, Jul 15»
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More Rain Expected In 2nd Day Of Summer Storm In California
Flash-flood watches remain in effect for much of the Mojave Desert and are now extending hundreds of miles up the spine of the Sierra Nevada ... «PPP Focus.com, Jul 15»
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Approval Withdrawn for Placer Mine in Mojave Desert
RIDGECREST, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)--July 21, 2015. Responding to environmental groups' request for review, the California director of the ... «eNews Park Forest, Jul 15»
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Center for Biological Diversity Reports Approval Withdrawn for …
... Bureau of Land Management has overturned the agency's approval for plans to develop the Dragonfly Placer gold mine in the Mojave Desert ... «Sierra Sun Times, Jul 15»

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